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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Sir Roger Gale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,047 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 979 different votes 1,047 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
14 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
69 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 116 shared votes
44 Aye 72 No
25 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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